Yan Xiaoyan knew that he was asking about the Liu family, and hesitated a little before replying: "The eldest lady has been making noise on the side, and she is asleep after taking hemp at this time!" Seeing that Father Yan's face changed slightly, Yan Xiaowei hurriedly continued: "Dad, don't worry, this hemp boiling powder is only a temporary effect, and it will be solved in about two or three hours, and it will not cause any harm to the body." ”

Yan Xiaowei can actually understand Yan's father's complicated mood at the moment, even if Liu's work is excessive, her family still has the grace of knowing him, and Liu's ups and downs have accompanied him for more than ten years, even if there is no love between men and women, there are always other feelings.

She cautiously asked tentatively, "What are you going to do, big lady?" ”

Father Yan sighed softly, his eyes seemed to be in a distant memory, and finally he moved his faint gaze to Yan Xiaoyi, and said earnestly: "Xiaoyi, I know that you actually complain about her in your heart." Without her, your mother would not have died, and you would not have been fostered in the countryside for more than ten years. The bitterness of this, Dad can imagine. However, although Liu is vicious, she is not so heinous to me. In many ways, I will not be able to forgive it for the rest of my life. However, he couldn't watch her stay in prison for the rest of her life. After all, things have developed to this point, and for me, there is an unshirkable responsibility. ”

He paused: "If I hadn't coveted the Liu family back then, and had been able to think more about your mother and the Liu family's position, maybe all this would not have happened." Over the years, I have resented her and hated her in my heart, and every time I borrowed Aunt Liu to stimulate her, it may have caused more distortion in her heart, and indirectly hurt your Aunt Liu. Now it seems that it was all my fault! ”

He reached out from under the covers and fumbled aside.

Seeing this, Yan Xiaoyan hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hand: "Dad, don't worry, I understand." No matter how you do it, I'm rooted. It's just that I see that the eldest lady's mental state is not very good now, and she needs to send someone to watch it all the time. ”

Father Yan nodded: "There is a cold house in the backyard of our Yan Mansion, so let's arrange her there." Let her calm down and reflect on it. ”

The two discussed, Yan Xiaoyun called two carriages, carried him to one of them and settled down, and sent Lingxiang to follow, taking care of him at any time on the road. In the other car, Liu and Mama Wang, who were still asleep, were carried in, and the rest was waiting for Father Yan to go back and make arrangements.

Watching the carriage leave Lian Yitang step by step, Yan Xiaoyi locked the door with the medicine box on her back, and walked to the side of the carriage that had been waiting for a long time with Ya Xiang.

The maid before seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and when she saw the two of them coming over, she hurriedly invited her in.

The car creaked and walked on the snow, and when it came to the intersection in front, it stopped.

As soon as he walked into the Mingxuan Inn, the shopkeeper greeted the maid who led the way in front of him: "Yo, such a big snow, where have you been, just come back." ”

The maid smiled at her: "My wife is sick and has found a doctor." ”

The shopkeeper looked at Yan Xiaoyi, and his gaze fell on the maid again: "No wonder, I said why your wife hasn't been out since she stayed in the hotel, it turns out that she is sick." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and compared with the stairs next to him: "Then don't delay with me here, go up and see your wife!" ”

The maid nodded to her, looked back at Yan Xiaoyu and said, "Girl, please!" ”

Yan Xiaowei was not polite, this time she had Yaxiang by her side, and there were keels outside that they were secretly protecting, even if something really happened, she was not worried.

According to the maid's instructions, Yan Xiaoyu walked all the way to the top. When she walked up, Yan Xiaoyan found that there was only one room on this floor.

The maid stretched out her hand and knocked on the door, and said softly, "Madam, I have come back from a doctor." ”

Moments later, there was the sound of soft footsteps inside, and someone opened the door from inside.

This is a delicate-looking woman, although it is not amazing, but it is better than the temperament, and there is a feeling of water hibiscus.

Seeing Yan Xiaoyun and a few people, he hurriedly invited them into the house, his demeanor was modest and polite, and his tone was really the same as that maid's southern accent: "I have heard the name of Miss Yan for a long time, and I specially came to the capital this time to seek medical treatment, and asked the girl to treat me well." ”

Yan Xiaoyan saw that she didn't look like she was sick or injured, and couldn't help asking, "Dare to ask Madame, what is wrong with you?" ”

When the woman heard this, her face was embarrassed, and she hesitated for a long time before she said softly: "Don't tell the girl, I have been married to my father-in-law for more than three years, but I have never been able to conceive." I count me as a husband, I have a wife and three concubines, except for me, the other wives are pregnant, only I have no movement. Two years ago, I finally got pregnant with a child, but I slipped the tire in less than a month. ”

As she spoke, she raised her cuffs and wiped the corners of her eyes: "Everyone else can get pregnant, then it must not be the reason for my father-in-law, the problem must be me." It's not that I'm competing for favor to conceive a child, it's just that as a woman, children are too important. In the past three years, every time my family sees me, they have to ask about the children, and I have no face to be asked! My father-in-law and mother-in-law were even more dissatisfied with me, saying that they would be a free eater if they married me, and they couldn't even hold their grandchildren, and they were extremely disappointed in me. ”

She stretched out her hand and held Yan Xiaoyi's hand: "In the past three years, I have inquired about the best doctors in this area, and I have tried almost all the small home remedies, but it still doesn't work." When I entered Beijing this time, I accidentally heard someone in Beijing say that although you are young, Miss Yan, you have excellent medical skills, so I will send Blue Glaze to invite you. Actually, it stands to reason that I should go to the hospital to seek medical treatment, but because I can't conceive a child and go to the hospital, I really can't get over it! ”

She grabbed Yan Xiaoyi's hand and tightened it: "Please, no matter what method you use, as long as you can make me pregnant with a child!" I can take any bitter medicine, as long as it can cure my infertility! ”

Her eyes blinked slightly, and a line of tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

Yan Xiaowei sighed softly in her heart after hearing this, infertility is indeed one of the most headache things for women. Especially in this ancient period, unfilial piety was the greatest, and childlessness was also listed within seven outs. In ordinary people, the elders will look down on the daughter-in-law when she gives birth to a girl, not to mention that she has become a relative but has not been able to conceive for several years? The sadness of this can be imagined.

Yan Xiaowei nodded, put her hand on her wrist, and cut her pulse.

After a while, she frowned: "Please stretch out your other hand as well." ”

The woman was worried when she saw that her face was not good, but she still obediently stretched out her hand. Yan Xiaowei also carefully helped her take the pulse, but her brows wrinkled deeper.

She stretched out her hand to look at the woman's face, ordered her to open her mouth and look at the coating of her tongue, and then remained silent for a long time.

The woman finally couldn't help it, and asked cautiously, "Miss Yan, why haven't you spoken for so long?" Could it be that I am suffering from some incurable disease? ”

Yan Xiaowei glanced at the woman, then looked at her maid deeply, thought about it for a while, weighed it, and then said: "On the contrary, instead of suffering from any incurable disease, your body is very good." Although there is some qi stagnation and blood stasis, it is good to pay a little attention to the diet, and it will not affect the conception at all. ”

The woman asked puzzled, "Not sick?" So what's the matter with me not being able to conceive? ”

Yan Xiaoyi's index finger knocked on the table a few times, and suddenly reacted that this was a common action when Rong Xiu was thinking, and he couldn't help but be stunned. When did he become a habit of his condition?

Her slightly distracted appearance fell into the woman's eyes, and she couldn't help but be more anxious: "Miss Yan, say it quickly, since I'm not sick, why can't I get pregnant?" Even if you are pregnant, you can never stay for a month! As she spoke, her eyes blinked, and a line of tears fell: "Could it be that I did bad things in my last life, and I will send my son to punish me in this life?" ”

Yan Xiaowei quickly came back to her senses, and was just about to speak, when Lan Glaze came forward to comfort: "Madam, look at what you said, what is going on, listen to the doctor, don't just worry about being sad and hurting your body." ”

Yan Xiaowei also felt strange here, obviously everything was normal from the pulse, but why couldn't she get pregnant? Can't survive a month when you're pregnant? She withdrew her bent index finger and clenched it into her palm, and asked, "What did the doctor you found tell you before?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lan Glaze suddenly became very angry, and said angrily: "Don't mention them again, either they are quacks who can't see what is wrong, or they just talk nonsense and cheat money." My wife is sad enough, and they are still taking advantage of the fire to rob, which is infuriating! ”

Yan Xiaoyi's heart was weak when she said it, and she couldn't see what the difference was, so it seemed that she was also a quack doctor in her mouth?

Just thinking to himself, Lan Glaze suddenly reacted to what he had said, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Miss Yan, don't be angry, I didn't mean to scold you." You can at least see that my wife's qi is stagnant and bloody, but it doesn't matter if it's conceptional. Those quacks can't compare to you at all, they are all nonsense! ”

Yan Xiaowei waved her hand, indicating that she didn't mind, but on both sides, she secretly wondered what was going on.

Suddenly, his eyes fell on Yaxiang on the side, seeing that she was covering her nose with her hand from time to time, she raised her hand and touched her arm and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Ya Xiang put down the cuffs covering her nose, and was about to speak, when she suddenly sneezed loudly: "Second girl, I really can't bear it." I can smell any floral scent, but I'm allergic to oleander. ”

Yan Xiaoyi's eyes swept around the room, not to mention oleanders, there were not even any plants, and she couldn't help but say suspiciously: "There are no oleanders in this house, where did you smell the fragrance!" As he spoke, he sniffed vigorously. There is indeed a fragrance, but Yan Xiaowei is not very interested in the fragrance of flowers, and I don't know what it smells like and where it comes from.

Yaxiang rubbed her nose, "Ah Huh", sneezed again, frowned and said suspiciously: "Yes, I didn't see it, but my nose is not deceiving, I did smell the fragrance of oleander!" ”

The woman on the side listened, and raised her chin at the blue glaze: "You go, open the window a small crack to ventilate." ”

Blue Glaze nodded hurriedly and opened the window. The cold wind suddenly blew in through the window, and the faint aroma surrounding the room was immediately washed away, and the smell became even lighter.

The woman touched the sachet on her waist and said to Yan Xiaoyi: "I didn't expect you to know about oleander, this flower is only available in the Western Regions, and most people have never seen it!" What's in my sachet is oleander. ”

She pointed back to the bed again: "The pillow is also filled with oleander petals, I have had a throat problem since I was a child, and every morning I wake up with a mouthful of phlegm in my throat and eyes." Some time ago, I heard that this oleander can dispel phlegm and stop asthma, and the taste is good, so it was made into a sachet and a pillow and stayed on the body. ”

Ya Xiang rubbed her nose, a little proud: "That's it, my nickname is 'dog nose', I can tell any smell." Originally, I didn't know what kind of flower this oleander was, but my eldest lady liked to fiddle with these fat powder spices, and I smelled them once before, and I kept sneezing, so I remembered them. ”

The woman smiled lightly: "I didn't expect your wife to understand this, and I also like to play with flowers and plants on weekdays." ”

As she was talking, Yan Xiaoyi's face suddenly changed, she picked up the tea cup on the table in front of the woman and sniffed it near her nose, frowning: "This is Guizhi Poria tea?" ”

Seeing that her face was wrong, the woman hesitated a little and nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?" Since I slipped two years ago, I have been menstruating, and this Guizhi Poria tea is specially designed to regulate menstruation. I've been using it, what's wrong? ”

Yan Xiaowei put the teacup on the table: "That's right, find the reason why you are always infertile and slippery." The leaves, skin, flowers and fruits of oleander contain something called oleandin, which is highly toxic and irritates the mother's body. You made this flower into a sachet and a pillow, and you put the poison on your body and carried it with you! Don't you feel like you're always asleep or forgetful, ma'am? This is just one of several reactions that can cause nausea, dizziness, and also affect conception. ”

The woman's face turned pale, and her fingers grasping the sachet tightened, so hard that the joints turned pale.

She took a deep breath: "I'm always sleepy, and sometimes I'm forgetful, but I never thought it was the oleander problem!" ”

She trembled and stretched out her finger and pointed to the tea cup on the table: "Is there something wrong with this cinnamon branch and poria tea?" ”

Yan Xiaowei nodded, put the teacup in the back of the heart and turned around: "Guizhi belongs to the herbs that warm the meridians and dissipate the cold, although it is not a pregnant person who needs to avoid taking it, but people with high fever and yin deficiency and fire should be forbidden to take it." And most importantly, if cinnamon and oleander are put together, it will lead to slippery tires. ”

"So", Yan Xiaowei looked up at the woman opposite: "You have never been able to conceive a child, it should have nothing to do with your body, I'm afraid it is this oleander and cinnamon branch Poria tea that is doing the trick." ”

Walking out of Mingxuan Inn with Yaxiang, Yan Xiaoyu always felt that when the woman heard about the cause of infertility just now, her face was strange. It's not like finally knowing the cause of infertility and suddenly realizing it, but like finally discovering the truth of the matter, there are depression, disappointment, and resentment.

All kinds of extremely complex emotions flashed in her eyes, and at that moment, Yan Xiaowei vaguely felt that she no longer seemed to be the indifferent and fresh woman she was a few seconds ago, but a little incomprehensible and frightening.

Ya Xiang walked beside her, weighed a small piece of broken silver in her hand, and said dissatisfiedly: "Girl, you helped her solve such a big problem, why did you receive such a little Xie Yin, it is not enough to hire a carriage to go back to Yan Mansion!" ”

Yan Xiaowei felt a little confused in her heart for some reason, and inexplicably felt as if something was going to happen. She shook her head, raised her hand and pinched Ya Xiang's ear lightly: "You girl, the injury on your forehead didn't delay the wealth fan!" ”

Ya Xiang raised her hand and rubbed her earlobe, blinking her big eyes and pouting innocently: "Second girl, I'm not a fan of money, I'm complaining for you." Tell me, what kind of anxious Mrs. was when she couldn't conceive a child just now, you helped her solve such a big question, how can you say that you are also a first-class hero? It's normal to take some Xie Yin, who would have thought that the second girl, you are so stupid, the duck in your hand actually flew! ”

Yan Xiaowei listened to her words, and couldn't help but raise her eyes and roll her eyes: "You, you know silver." I just deduced the reason why she wasn't pregnant because you sneezed, and I didn't prescribe medicine for her, and it was enough to take these house visit fees. ”

Ya Xiang flattened her mouth and muttered to herself: "According to me, girl, you are too bodhisattva-hearted." If you save money for others like this, they may not be grateful to you, and they may even say that you are stupid behind your back! ”

Yan Xiaowei laughed angrily at what she muttered, and pinched the tip of her nose: "Oh? What are other people's backs, how do you know? ”

Ya Xiang dissatisfiedly took away her cold hand, put it in the palm of her hand, and bit her lip: "I don't know what they said behind their backs, but I advise the second girl, you are so kind-hearted, not everyone will be grateful in their hearts." There are always some people who repay grievances with virtue, and sometimes it is better to guard against it and think more about it for yourself! ”

At this time, Yan Xiaowei didn't know that Ya Xiang's words would actually become a prophecy, just because she thought that she had less money to ask for the woman, and she lost her temper indiscriminately.

In this way, time passed in a flash, the wounds on Yan's father were getting better day by day, Mama Wang was given a severance pay by him on the grounds of old age to send her to her hometown, and Liu was also imprisoned in the cold house in the backyard of Yan's mansion and sent someone to take care of it, eating fasting and chanting Buddha every day, even if she occasionally went crazy, no one would pay attention to her.

Yan Xiaowei runs at both ends of Yan's Mansion and the medical hall every day, and she is very busy.

On this day, Yan Xiaowei packed up her things and just walked out of Mufeng Courtyard, when she suddenly saw a haggard figure standing at the gate of the courtyard.